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Opposite, 81, St John's Road, Birkby, Huddersfield, HD1 5EZ

2026/90212TreesApproved

Approved on 3 February 2026

Council decision: GRANTED2 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Work to TPO(s)s 04/05 (within a Conservation Area)

Received
19 January 2026
Ward
Greenhead
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 15 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Opposite, 81, St John's Road, Birkby, Huddersfield, HD1 5EZ. Kirklees has handled 2,985 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 6 weeks quicker than Kirklees's typical decision time. The site is in the Birkby conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Greenhead. We hold 1,841 applications in total for the HD1 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HD1 5EZ
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Target decision date
2 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Birkby
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Birkby, Huddersfield
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Kirklees

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